For a few seconds after my mother said she could not congratulate me for “defying God’s will,” no one moved.

” He did not name me, but he did not need to. My mother shared it with crying emojis. Women from the group called me Jezebel. One man wrote that doctors who “play God” should be exposed. Someone posted the name of my clinic. Someone else posted the street where Andrés and I lived.

That was when Andrés packed our bags.

“We’re leaving tonight,” he said.continue reading …